Recipients of the 2018 Champalimaud Vision Award Include Dr. Robin Ali, PhD

Robin Ali, PhD, F.Med.Sci., Visiting Professor at the KelloggEye Center, is one of seven scientists to share the 2018Champalimaud Vision Award.

Two independent international teams, from the Universityof Pennsylvania and from the University College London, wererecognized for developing a gene therapy treatment for patients with Leber Congenital Amaurosis, a genetic condition that leadsto childhood blindness. The advancement is the first successful gene therapy for any inherited human disease.